Sport lifting women's performance at work, HSBC survey finds

By Georgina Robinson

Team sport is lifting women's performance in the workplace around Australia, a new study has revealed.

The HSBC women-in-sports survey of 684 women across all states and territories found playing regular team sports lifted their efficiency, confidence and ability to work in a team.

Proud ambassador: Sevens co-captain Shannon Parry presented the results of the study, which found that women's team sport had a positive impact in the workplace.

Photo: AAP

More than 97 per cent of women surveyed reported that playing team sport at a regular, competitive level increased their confidence in the workplace or office and would contribute to a successful career.

A similar proportion said regular games made them better team players, while more than 90 per cent of respondents reported they had more drive and ambition as a result of playing regular team sport.

The study was unveiled by Australia's women's sevens co-captains Shannon Parry and Sharni Williams. Parry is a qualified teacher and is now studying towards a personal training qualification, while Williams is a mechanic who gave up full-time work to commit to rugby four years ago but has since returned to the NRMA's Brookvale workshop one day a week.

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The survey also reported 53 per cent of respondents had played rugby before, either socially or professionally, while more than two-thirds of respondents were interested in learning to play rugby and a similar number had heard of sevens.

HSBC is naming rights sponsor of the World Rugby men's and women's Sevens World Series.